Phenom II X4 3.6GHz and RV740 This Year?
Over the weekend, there was quite a lot of buzz about an AMD Phenom II X4 processor clocking at 3.6 GHz by the end of the year as well as the possibility that the ATI RV740 will be used in the upcoming Radeon HD 4730 and HD 4750 SKUs.
According to German website News-AMD, AMD plans to release the 45 nm Phenom II X4 chipsets, clocking up to 3.6 GHz, in Q2 of this year. However, the site quickly went offline due to "incorrect interpretation," with a newer version of the original article going up yesterday. Based on information stemming from recently "leaked" AMD roadmap slides highlighting the release of the Phenom II X4 950 (4 x 3.1 GHz) in Q2 2009, the site speculates that the 3.6GHz version will see a release before the end of the decade. The theory utilizes a model number roadmap using increments of ten (because apparently no one could agree on increments of 5). As a result, the AMD Phenom II X4 960 clocks at 4 x 3.2 GHz, the AMD Phenom II X4 970 clocks in at 4 x 3.3 GHz and so on.
If all goes according to plan, the upcoming Phenom II X4 950 will support DDR3 1333 MHz memory, 4 GHz HyperTransport interface speed, and Socket AM3. Supposedly, the chip will also have a 125W thermal envelope and 8 MB total cache, however TechReport speculates that the cache splits into 6MB of L3 and 512KB of L2 per core. Currently AMD's fastest processor is the Phenom II X4 940, clocking in at 3.0 GHz with 8 MB total cache. AMD is said to top that processor as well with the release of the Phenom II X4 945, a Socket AM3 version of the 940.
Additionally, TechPowerUp reports that AMD is on course to release the first GPU built on the 40 nm silicon process, the RV740, catering to the sub-$150 market. According to the site, the GPU will come packed with 640 stream processors and a 128-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface. There's also speculation that the RV740 may be implemented in two SKUs: the Radeon HD 4730 and the Radeon HD 4750, stemming from a thorough inspection of the information files packed with the just-released ATI Catalyst v9.1 drivers. It's assumed that the RV740 will make its debut at CeBIT held in Hannover, Germany on March 3-8, however AMD has not released anything official regarding the GPU.
Without any bias, how old are you and have you spent last 12 months under a rock? Radeon 4870 was the first card with GDDR5 memory, launched in July. Wake up!
About RV740, wouldn't the new 4750 be performing the same as 4830? Same stream processors and memory bandwidth.
just look at the xbox 360 and ps3 , both almost perfect hardware/software compatibility, so when u look at it ... from an engineering point of view... AMD is far ahead of the game .... too bad its always a step behind in the enthusiast section. like the phenom II x4 950 is merely a minor update compared to its competitors (cell processor,core i7).
Dosent the PS3 have Intel and Nvidia Chips in them...I dont know about the Xbox 360... I just thought that the Cell CPU in the PS3 was intel made and the GPU was made by Nvidia but I could be wrong
PS3 have Nvidia and Sony designed GPU.
XBOX have ATI chip based on Xenos (R500)
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The GPU inside the PS3 is nVidia while the GPU's inside the X360 and Wii are ATi.
By the way, the HD 4870 was the first GPU to use GDDR5.
XBOX ..... is intel and ati (r5oo) also modified costume gpu.and there designs meet the best compatibility hardware wise ...
Welcome to being a fanboy.
Sorry to say this but it's custom, CUSTOM!!
Nobody has to be untruthful or name calling. We know that Intel has pushed AMD against the ropes. We also know where we would be without AMD, Do we really want to see a world where Intel is the only one around? You can call me a fanboy or whatever but the truth is I don't want to live in a world where either AMD or Intel is the only CPU Producer. Right now we have it good. You want extreme performance where price is no object, go with Intel. You want a more cost effective CPU that isn't a steller bencher but will give you a good bang for your buck then go with AMD.
Besides that go root for your team. If you are an Intel fanboy then enjoy your time in the sun and if you are an AMD fanboy (which I am) then understand that were in the forth quarter 7 points behind, with no time outs, and 2 minutes on the clock. Luckily, we have the ball.
Go check Tom’s and Anand’s Phenom II launch articles again. On Tom’s, Q6600 sandwiches between 920 and 940 on most benchmarks with Q6600 being 9% slower than 940 (920 should 6.6% slower than 940). Anand recommends 940 over Q9400 but Q9550 over 940 at similar price. I don’t really see how you come up with the conclusion that 920 is on par with Q9650, a CPU that’s 30% faster than Q6600 (3.0GHz vs 2.4GHz and 45nm technology).
It is not your or people that gave me “thumbs down” fault. Lately, I have notice an inflation of Phenom II’s performance across the forums and Newegg’s review section. Phenom II faster than Yorkfield!!!! Phenom II faster than Nehalem!!!! Phenom II system only cost $600 while Intel’s cost at least $1300!!!! Nothing we haven’t seen before with product launches.
Don't worry about the negatives Pei.
Two people can have friendly banter and you are right...
It is nothing we haven't seen before with product launches.